Chapter 505: Tough Resistance to James
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Spoelstra sent Wade onto the court, and the Heat kicked off first.
Wade controlled the ball at this time, and when he saw that Li Feng was not on the court, he suddenly felt that the sky was wide, his hands were flexible, and his steps were faster, everything was so beautiful, Wade usually bullied others with his body, and once he met a person with a better body, he was very depressed, and there was no way to resist.
Now that Li Feng is gone, he suddenly swims like a fish into the sea, takes the ball over and continues his strong singles style to hit Livingston, Livingston sees Wade still has no choice, such a stick to stir up, most guards in the league are avoided.
Livingston was pushed into the penalty area by Wade in two steps, and in this position Wade jumped up, and threw a straight stop jump shot with his arms outstretched, Wade's body was too beastly, when he jumped, the feeling of stiffness in the air was very obvious, Livingston was hit by the opponent and had no room to jump, and then it was up to Wade to shoot this mid-distance.
It's not unusual for Wade to have this kind of performance, but when the Knicks came over immediately, the Heat suddenly put on a very tough defensive posture.
The five players of the whole team are very tough on the ball and the defense of people at the same time, although the Heat lacks expressiveness on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, Joel Anthony, Beasley, Battier, Chalmers, Wade are very energetic at the same time, the five people are tall and fast, in this case, it is difficult for the Knicks to find a place to put their mouths for a while, even if the opportunity is dismantled through the block, the height of the five Heat is very average, and it is difficult for the Knicks to get any cheap.
The Heat started from defense all of a sudden, and defended desperately in the half, firmly covering the sky above the Heat.
The Heat's defense didn't come suddenly, nor was it sharp, it wasn't like the Knicks, who were so varied that they suddenly concentrated their forces in one place. It is to show the position defense of the carriage and horse, but the Heat players are very tall and have excellent movement ability, the position is open, desperately defending up, and the Heat's position immediately becomes a hard stone, one-on-one Heat is not afraid, everyone is young and fast in the rotation position, and the figure of the players who are misplaced is similar.
So don't look at the Heat's defense, there are not many tricks, but the intensity is very high. Very difficult to overcome.
Under the high-intensity defense, the Knicks returned empty-handed in the first round of the half, and Harris barely missed a long-range shot.
Once the Heat played ultra-high-intensity defense, this would have been a warning for the Knicks, but at this time, Tyberdu still ignored the opponent, he did not adjust in time but believed in his players too much.
The Heat came over again, Wade and Battier connected again, and Battier was so tall from the baseline and used cover to run up and get the basketball. Straight to the Knicks' basket with an acceleration.
Battier is the kind of jack-of-all-trades player who plays in the low post, shoots the basketball, and breaks through the frame. Although Harris can keep up with Battier's speed, he doesn't have Battier's strength, and he was knocked to the side by Battier at the moment of defense, and Battier came up with a switch and scored two points.
The Heat are on the next side. However, the Knicks' offense suffered a Waterloo in the face of the Heat's iron-like defense.
And this time the Knicks lost more completely, and the Knicks were defended by the opponent for 24 seconds. didn't make a shot, and was defended for 24 seconds, which is quite a humiliating thing, and it was only in this round that Tyberdu woke up, and it turned out that the team really encountered unsolvable difficulties.
But the Heat didn't give the Knicks a chance to solve the problem, Wade once again controlled the ball and rushed to break through, disrupting the Knicks' defense and then it was a crazy throw, originally Wade's crazy throwing shooting rate was negligible, but in the defense of the Knicks lost morale, and there was also a mistake when the backcourt rebounded, and Joel Anthony grabbed the position in the back at once, and then Joel Anthony got up as a supplementary dunk.
"Bang dang!"
Joel Anthony completed the violent dunk on the heads of Kirilenko and Thornton, and after being dunked, Thornton and Kirilenko could only face each other, Joel Anthony was in the Heat's lineup at this time, and he did not stand out, and he looked like a very common black man, but at this time, as soon as he had the opportunity, this guy immediately gave the Knicks a fatal blow.
Previously, the Knicks led the Heat by 8 points by 95-87, but now at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Heat started from defense and caught up with 6 points in one breath, and the difference between the two teams before 8 points was instantly shortened to 2 points.
This is already a very obvious reversal signal, and this reversal came so quickly that neither the pundits nor the media who previously decided that the Knicks would win had a chance to turn the bullet back.
At the same time, at this time, the fans are also very strange, what kind of magic did the Heat perform, they got the score back all of a sudden, the Heat did not have any outstanding points on the court, they still played simple offense, simple tactics, but they got the score back, what is this for?
As a qualified commentator, it is to be able to interpret the stadium at this time and answer the fans' questions about the situation on the stadium, and there is no doubt that Jeff Van Gundy must be a qualified commentator, at this time he said in a mocking tone:
"The Heat are now chasing six points in a row, not how well they play offense! It's that they put a lot of effort on defense, and Spoelstra knew they had to do that on offense, so the Heat focused on defense at the beginning of the fourth quarter."
"And the Heat also used the most clumsy, but the most effective defensive method, which is to interfere desperately at any cost, emphasizing one-on-one, and more emphasizing the control of basketball movement, and the Heat is through the stupidest, stupidest, and most physically exhausting desperate defense to contain the Knicks' offense, so that they gain confidence in offense!"
"Yes! The Heat's defense of more than 1 point is indeed very powerful, this kind of defensive intensity, I'm afraid the Heat has used all the strength to eat, and it is inevitable that the Knicks are not ready to eat deflated! ”
Hubi Brown also helped Jeff Van Gundy interpret the game on the side, and through the interpretation of the two people, fans finally have a deeper understanding of the court, and it turns out that the Heat's counterattack does not rely on fancy offense. It's the clumsiest defense.
Tyberdu naturally doesn't need Jeff Van Gundy to help him interpret it, if you want to say that he understands the court, he even has a deeper grasp than Jeff Van Gundy, and now after a little recollection, Tyberdu realizes that the Heat's defensive strength is amazing, and if he wants to break through this level, he needs a heavy artillery.
Tyberdu immediately called a timeout and first brought Cousins on the court and then Li Feng.
Tyberdu thinks. The reason why the Knicks are staggering is that they lack a main offensive player, although Kirilenko is great, but he belongs to the type of player who responds, and his ability to attack is not strong, but Cousins is a real inside heavy artillery, once this player is on the court, he will inevitably form a key offense on the inside, contain the opponent's inside, and the reason for Li Feng is even simpler. Tyberdu believes in Li Feng, and just this one is actually completely enough.
At the end of the timeout, the Knicks kicked off, and Livingston pushed in and immediately wanted to pass the ball to Li Feng. But seeing that the Heat's defense is quite ferocious, it has cut off Li Feng's route to receive the ball, and Livingston can only turn to pass the ball to Kirilenko.
Kirilenko's talent in organization and playmaking is not much worse than Livingston's, and he takes a step in the direction of Li Feng when he takes the ball. Li Feng understood Kirilenko's thoughts, and he immediately ran towards Kirilenko, and the two of them formed a cross cover at once.
Kirilenko handed over the basketball to Li Feng. Li Feng finally got the basketball, but once Li Feng came around, it was seen that the Knicks organized a two-man defense to block Li Feng's reluctance, and Li Feng simply passed the ball to Kirilenko, who bounced to the three-point line outside the three-point line.
Kirilenko took the ball up and shot a three-point shot, and Kirilenko's three points were still very stable before, but today for some reason he didn't feel good, and he missed the empty three-point, so he wasted a great opportunity.
Li Feng also understood this situation when he saw it, the hand-to-hand combat was too hard before, and his teammates must have felt a little smooth, in this case, the only way to grasp the most is not to find a way to score first, but to fight defense with the opponent.
So Li Feng immediately shouted when he saw Kirilenko miss:
"It doesn't matter! We also strengthened our defense, we didn't let them score, we fought with them defensively, we fought with them! ”
The Knicks have been defended by the Heat for so long, and the offense is not going well, so they have long held their breath.
Li Feng roared, the Knicks and the players also began to defend desperately on the court, which was worse than defending the Knicks, and Li Feng blocked the-stirring stick of the Heat team's attack, and suddenly the Heat's already poor offense became even poorer, and they couldn't find an opportunity to attack.
The Heat were passing around, seeing that the time was coming, Joel Anthony shot a long shot after the worst, but unfortunately he was harassed by Kirilenko, and Joel Anthony missed the shot.
This game is interesting, the Heat desperately defended to prevent the Knicks from scoring, and the Knicks also desperately defended to prevent the Heat from scoring, and neither side scored, which is fair.
However, when he saw that the Knicks were also focusing on defense, Coach Spoelstra rolled his eyes on the bench, he had no choice but to defend desperately, but the Knicks clearly have offensive means, but they are also desperately defending, isn't this stealing their own role?
The Nixka dominated the backcourt rebound, and quickly advanced it again, Li Feng had already seen what the Heat were doing again, so this round came over, he didn't take the ball directly, but first took the empty-handed run, went around the court for half a circle, and then cut out from 45 degrees, and finally got the basketball again from Kirilenko's hands.
However, the defense on the Heat's side is really powerful, and through a quick rotation, the all-round player Battier suddenly turned to Li Feng.
This kind of almighty player hates here, not only can they attack in that position, but they can also defend in that position, Li Feng has no good way to face Battier, at this time Li Feng can only launch with all his strength, take the ball and suddenly take a big step forward, and then quickly control the ball under the crotch, and then suddenly withdraw this step, dribbling the ball to the bottom line behind his back, just when Sean Battier followed the movement towards the bottom line.
Li Feng grabbed the basketball with his extremely coquettish left hand, turned around and turned back, just past half of Battier's body.
Li Feng threw out several ball-control feints with a rather large amplitude and greater difficulty in a row. In this case, it is natural for Battier to lose his position, but even so, Battier was smart not to give Li Feng a chance to score comfortably, and immediately pulled Li Feng down with a foul.
Battier would rather foul than give Li Feng the opportunity to shoot, this action looks rough, but it has been recognized by Spoelstra, at this time the Heat offense is not good, the defense must be tough, what the Heat lack now is the kind of player who can enhance the hatred of teammates for the other side, and now Battier is doing a good job at once.
Li Feng was fouled. The Knicks' players were immediately upset, Livingston yelled at Battier in the past, although Battler acted fiercely, but he was not that kind of madman, if he was that kind of madman, he would achieve more than that, because of his personality, in front of Livingston's roar, he flinched and walked away with a smile.
Battier was silent, and neither was anyone else. That silence sounded like Stern was perfect, but the stadium was a battleground, and there wasn't a single player roaring and glaring at the opposing player. A team is missing something mentally after all.
Li Feng went to the free throw line and made one of two free throws, and he was also made of a bad rhythm by the Heat's defense.
Battier refused to argue with Livingston, but it was the Knicks' half. On the court, however, he stepped up his play.
At this time, it was Harris who was opposite Battier, and Battier was taller and stronger than Harris, so Harris was unlucky at this time. Battier came up and forcibly stuck Harris, then reached out to ask for the ball, Wade knew that Battier was a sullen character, and he immediately passed the ball in for Battier to go head-to-head with the opponent.
Harris played the ball with his back to Battier's opponent, Battier controlled the ball and swayed left and right twice to squeeze it to the basket, and then got up to shoot.
Li Feng saw that his brother had suffered a loss, but he was the kind of person who refused to suffer easily, since Battier fouled him, Li Feng also slammed into Battier's arms in the past, Li Feng blatantly forced the ball here, naturally he also fouled, but he calculated the previous account.
Battier went to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws, and the two teams began to start a defensive battle, foul standing, the game became extremely ugly, and it also stumbled!
Although the Knicks and the Heat played ugly at this time, they were not boring, because on the court, the two teams still fought hard.
The fighting passion of the two teams is still there, so naturally the fans also have to watch, just watch the ten big men of the two teams on the court, constantly wrestling, constantly fighting, and of course, fouls are also indispensable.
The game fell into this situation, and the score was naturally not high, even Li Feng had no way to score easily, because the opponent would use a lot of fouls to drag Li Feng's footsteps.
The two teams dragged each other so much that by the seventh minute and 30 seconds of the fourth quarter, the scores of the two teams became 109-111, and the Knicks only had a slight lead of 2 points.
At this stage, Tyberdu still called a timeout first, because the game was like this, the Knicks actually failed, the Knicks have stronger strength, and it is a relatively acceptable situation for the Knicks to open up a certain point difference in the fourth quarter, rather than like now, the two teams bite so hard.
Tyberdu called a timeout, called the players to his side, and began to say: "Now we only have more than 3 minutes!"
Now we want to win, not just to win this damn wrestling match, but to score, we have to score, to score smoothly, otherwise we're going to have to compete with them in the last round or two of the last ball, and there's too much luck in between,"
Tyberdu now just thinks about James' physical fitness that can't be prevented at all, and he is extremely reluctant to fight the opponent in the last round or two.
On the other side of the pitch, Spoelstra is very happy with the situation and he is very keen to keep it up.
When the tactics were laid out on both sides, Jeff Van Gundy and Hubby Brown were also emotional.
"I really can't imagine that the Heat team is so tough today, and they actually dragged the Knicks to this point by defense alone!"
"Yes! The Heat team now looks like it has unlimited potential! ”
Today's performance of the Heat made everyone feel very shocked, and when they returned from a timeout, the Knicks kicked off first.
The Knicks played a tactical offense on the kickoff, and Li Feng, under the cover of his teammates, pocketed beyond the three-point line and received the basketball.
The first moment he got the basketball, Li Feng abandoned his previous coquettish ball control skills, and took the ball and violently rushed towards Wade's side, and now the Heat can only use Wade to defend Li Feng.
This time, Wade tasted the pain of being forcibly broken through, he went up and fought to the death, but he didn't push Li Feng away, but was twisted by Li Feng with his body, and he was screwed to the side at once.
Li Feng came up and forcibly broke through Wade James hurriedly stood up, wanting to create Li Feng to hit someone with the ball.
However, Li Feng did not go to the basket directly in the face of James, but turned around and retreated back half a step, and started to make a feint.
James and Wade didn't dare to let go of Li Feng, they both rushed over, and they were ready to foul, but at this moment, Li Feng suddenly turned over and came back, raised his elbow and flicked it to make a feint, James and Wade were both clicked away at the same time, Li Feng played a set of up and down steps, shaking off the other two people, just when Li Feng was about to attack, James did not let go of Li Feng in the air and gave Li Feng a palm, he hoped to send Li Feng directly to the free throw line.
However, Li Feng resisted James's strong arm, and his body continued to move forward, and his wrist was very gentle, and he actually sent the basketball to the basket.
Li Feng completed a 2+1, which was a key 2+1, and Li Feng was really good at the critical moment. (To be continued......)